Rural Fire Assistance (RFA)

The summary for the Rural Fire Assistance (RFA) Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Rural Fire Assistance (RFA)
	CFDA Number:	15.228
	CFDA Description:	Wildland Urban Interface Community and Rural Fire Assistance
	Federal Agency Name:	Region 1
	Category of Funding Activity:	Disaster Prevention and Relief Natural Resources
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Continuation
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DOI-GRANTS-011504-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 17, 2006
	Creation Date:	Mar 17, 2006
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 15, 2006
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Information not provided
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$20,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education State governments County governments City or township governments
Additional Information on Eligibility: The RFA program provides funds for RFDs that: .Protect rural, wildland-urban interface communities; .Play a substantial cooperative role in the protection of federal lands; .Are cooperators with the Department of the Interior (DOI) managed lands through cooperative agreements with the DOI, or their respective state, tribe, or equivalent; .Are less than 10,000 in population. Additional eligibility can be found at: http://www.nifc.gov/rfa.
Grant Description: The RFA program provides funds for RFDs that: .Protect rural, wildland-urban interface communities; .Play a substantial cooperative role in the protection of federal lands; .Are cooperators with the Department of the Interior (DOI) managed lands through cooperative agreements with the DOI, or their respective state, tribe, or equivalent; .Are less than 10,000 in population. .The required cost share amount for the recipient RFD will not exceed 10 percent of the amount awarded. The RFD must demonstrate the capability to meet cost share requirements Cooperator contribution may be contributed as in-kind services. Cooperator contribution may exceed, but not amount to less than 10 percent. Examples of in-kind services may include but are not limited to: facility use incurred by an RFD for hosting training courses, travel and per diem costs incurred by an RFD when personnel attend training courses, and administration costs related to purchasing RFA equipment and supplies. Funding or in-kind resources may not be derived from other federal funding programs. Additional information can be found at: http://www.nifc.gov/rfa.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Department of Interior's Rural Fire Assistance Program
http://www.nifc.gov/rfa
Grant Announcement Contact: National Interagency Fire Center
Rural Fire Assistance Coordinator
Phone (208) 387-5512 Rural_Fire_Assistance@nifc.blm.gov Rural Fire Assistance e-box
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